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sleep | nop |

As nouns the difference between sleep and nop

is that sleep is (uncountable) the state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm while nop is (programming) a no-op; a cpu instruction that does nothing.

As verbs the difference between sleep and nop

is that sleep is to rest in a state of reduced consciousness while nop is (programming) to replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software.

sleep

English

(wikipedia sleep)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
    • I really need some sleep .
    We need to conduct an overnight sleep''' test to diagnose your '''sleep problem.
  • (countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
    • I’m just going to have a quick sleep .
  • (uncountable) Rheum found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness ).
    • Wipe the sleep from your eyes .
  • A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
  • * 1843 , Joh Müller, ?John Bell, Elements of Physiology (page 808)
    • The daily sleep of plants, and their winter sleep, present in this respect exactly similar phenomena

    Synonyms

    * See also * (rheum) (l) (slang), (l) (UK dialectal), sleepy dust (informal)

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the noun "sleep") * asleep * beauty sleep * big sleep * biphasic sleep * dead sleep * deep sleep * divided sleep * dog sleep * electrosleep * go to sleep * morning sleep * orthodox sleep * polyphasic sleep * put to sleep * REM sleep * segmented sleep * sleep apnea * sleep-charged * sleep debt * sleep deprivation * sleep disorder * sleepful * sleep-learning * sleepless * sleep mask * sleep mode * sleepover * sleep paralysis * sleep schedule * sleep spindle * sleeptalk * sleepy

    Verb

  • To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
    • You should sleep 8 hours a day .
  • (Of a spinning top) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
  • * 1854 , Anne E. Baker, Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases
    • A top sleeps when it moves with such velocity, and spins so smoothly, that its motion is imperceptible.
    When a top is sleeping , it is spinning but not precessing.
  • To accommodate in beds.
    • This caravan can sleep up to four people .
  • To be slumbering in (a state).
    • to sleep a dreamless sleep
    (Tennyson)
  • To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
  • * Atterbury
    • We sleep over our happiness.
  • To be dead; to lie in the grave.
  • * Bible, 1 Thessalonians iv. 14
    • Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
  • To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
    • a question sleeps''' for the present; the law '''sleeps
  • * Shakespeare
    • How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
  • (lb) to wait for a period of time without performing any action

    • Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the verb "sleep") * besleep * how can you sleep at night * forsleep * outsleep * oversleep * sleep around * sleep-at-noon * sleep in * sleep it off * sleep it out * sleep like a baby * sleep like a log * sleep off * sleep on * sleep out * sleep over * sleep together * sleep with * sleep with the fishes * Sleeping Beauty * sleeping bag * sleeping pill * sleepwalk

    Troponyms

    * (rest in a state of reduced consciousness) nap, doze, snooze

    See also

    * catnap * rest * shuteye * sleeping * slumber * snooze * zzz

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    nop

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (programming) A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing.
  • * 1999 , Dominic Sweetman, See MIPS Run
    • The MIPS instruction set is rich in nops , since any instruction with zero as a destination is guaranteed to do nothing.
  • * 2004 , Patterson et al'', ''Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface
    • Notice that in computing CPI or IPC, we do not count any nops executed as useful instructions.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (programming) To replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software.
  • * 1992 , The Cyborg, The Cracking Manual
    • For example, if there is a CALL 3140 and we want to skip this call, we can NOP it out.

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